New Ottolenghi?

According to the Ottolenghi website, they're up to something....

"We know that we’ll be serving food around the clock in sharing size portions, that the flavours will be bold, that the environment will offer solid comfort. We also know that we won’t be selling food to go as we do in Ottolenghi and that we’ll be opening early in 2011."

A new restaurant with a new concept and a new name? Intriguing.

Check out the blog here........... Our new project

Maltby St Market: a quiet foodie haven

If you're one of those people who loves the products sold at London's Borough Market, but can't stand the crowds, there are two options.

1. Don't go on Saturdays.

2. Maltby St Market!

My mom, who is more up-to-date on all things London than I am (she's back in California, but reads the Financial Times), sent me this nice little article on the new Maltby St Market near Tower Bridge. It's not really a full-blown market, but it's where the purveyors of many of Borough's finest products have their shops and warehouses. These include Monmouth Coffee (best coffee in London as far as I'm concerned), and Neal's Yard Dairy, but also a lot of other wonderful companies I'd never heard of. Definitely worth checking out, I think, if you're a local like me who is sick of the tourists gawking and pushing around in Borough.

Read all about it here (there is great photography as well):
The Trend: Maltby St Market (Financial Times)

Mexican candy-making in East LA

My tribute to El Día de los Muertos...

I want some of these candies now. I wonder if they ship internationally.

The Artisan: La Zamorana, making candy the old-fashioned way (LA Times, 28 Oct 2010)

Enjoy!